In Florida win, Obama owes Fox and Menendez
By Wally EdgeThree New Jerseyans played key roles in Barack Obama's 50.8%-48.4% win in Florida yesterday: Jamie Fox, a former Chief of Staff to Governor James E. McGreevey, was dispatched to Florida at the request of Obama campaign manager David Plouffe to help turn the state from Red to Blue; and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez spent several days campaigning in Florida for Obama -- especially in the Cuban-American community that makes up about 29% of the county's population. Fox also brought Tom Shea, a former Chief of Staff to Governor Jon Corzine, to Florida to help with the effort. Obama won Miami-Dade 58%-42%, a margin of nearly 140,000 votes. In 2004, the Democratic margin was about 48,000.
For Fox, who once served as Executive Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, it was a successful return to the operative world that surely enhanced his relationship with the new administration.
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Fox and Menendez
Oh, Please!!
What a Bunch of CRAP.............
What about The Group?
Where are they today? Typically, these self-serving buffoons would release a statement by now about how the successful candidate "owes" them and how influential they are in the world.
Do people actually believe these press releases
disguised as reports? Do we really beleive that Bob Menendez and this Fox man singlehandedly made Florida competitive? If you believe that then you probably believe that Corzine is going to be Treasury Secretary, Donald Payne is going to be Ambassador Payne, and Mark Alexander is going to be White House Counsel, all "items" reported by this site. Do us a favor and update your in the news section before you reprint anymore press releases from operatives looking for ways to get in good with the Obama administration.